Supreme Court Accepts 3 Cases Seeking to Limit Lawsuits Against Businesses June 11, 2019 By Greg Stohr The U.S. Supreme Court bolstered its next term with three new business cases, agreeing to consider curbing lawsuits over environmental...
Blackbeard Ship Recovery Firm Fights States’ Immunity for Copyright Piracy June 5, 2019 By Greg Stohr The U.S. Supreme Court agreed to use a case involving the wreckage of the pirate Blackbeard’s flagship to decide whether...
Supreme Court to Hear Case on Retirement Plan Losses June 4, 2019 By Greg Stohr The U.S. Supreme Court will use a case involving International Business Machines Corp. to consider making it harder for workers...
Supreme Court Apple Ruling May Increase Liability Exposure for Digital Platforms May 14, 2019 By Greg Stohr Consumers can press ahead with a lawsuit that accuses Apple Inc. of using its market dominance to artificially inflate prices...
Supreme Court to Weigh If U.S. Job Bias Law Protects Gay, Transgender Employees April 22, 2019 By Greg Stohr The U.S. Supreme Court will consider whether federal law bars employers from discriminating on the basis of sexual orientation and...
Supreme Court May Overturn Tradition of Courts Deferring to Regulatory Agencies March 28, 2019 By Greg Stohr and Jennifer A. Dlouhy The U.S. Supreme Court’s conservative justices expressed doubts about a precedent that business groups and the Trump administration say gives...
Supreme Court Upholds SEC on Scope of Securities Fraud Liability March 27, 2019 By Greg Stohr The U.S. Supreme Court reinforced the Securities and Exchange Commission’s powers, upholding sanctions against an investment banker found to have...
Supreme Court Rejects Copyright Claim Against Nike’s Michael Jordan Image March 26, 2019 By Greg Stohr The U.S. Supreme Court rejected an appeal from a photographer who said Nike Inc. stole key aspects of his iconic...
Supreme Court Denies Amazon’s Bid to Halt Suit Over Hack of Zappos March 25, 2019 By Greg Stohr The U.S. Supreme Court turned away an appeal by Amazon.com Inc.’s Zappos unit, letting a lawsuit proceed over a 2012...
Supreme Court Limits International Groups’ Immunity for Commercial Activity in U.S. February 28, 2019 By Greg Stohr The U.S. Supreme Court opened some American-based international organizations to lawsuits, ruling that a World Bank affiliate must defend against...